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Astronomy

Hubble Gets Tucked In

Happy Hubbledays!

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Behold, the Geminids

One of the year’s best meteor showers comes in December. Here’s how to view the action

Posted from Christchurch, New Zealand

Head Toward the Light

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Record-breaking Black Hole

A Field Guide to Supernovas

The Willamette Meteorite is on view at the Natural History Museum.

Going Once…Going Twice…

Dancing With the Stars

Since early 2004, the Mars rovers have gathered images of rocks and terrain where water, the presumed prerequisite of life, once flowed (an artist's rendition).

Life Beyond Earth

An ocean on Mars. An Earth-like planet light years away. The evidence is mounting, but are astronomers ready to say we’re not alone?

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Red Rover, Red Rover

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Super Supernova

A view of the Thirteen Towers of Chankillo, in Peru.

Return of the Sun Cult

In Peru, scientists discover the oldest solar observatory in the Americas

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